Yes, one expert says, what you might suspect is the reason actually is the reason: “It all goes back to Harry Potter.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
It’s Been One Year Since The Ghost Ship Tragedy, And Here’s How An Artists’ Collective Called ‘Deathtrap’ Is Doing
The artists left Deathtrap in July, feeling betrayed by the city of San Francisco, which fractured their community. “If there’s a silver lining to being forced from their home, it’s that some of the former Deathtrap residents formed 30 West, a nonprofit that hopes to build a live-work place that won’t be shut down because of code violations and zoning restrictions. The 30 West collaborative began leasing an empty warehouse in Oakland in June.”
Theatre Has Its Cellphone Abusers, But Also The Issue Of Those Who Fall Asleep And Snore
Advice from a critic: “You’ve paid a lot of money to attend the theater. Take a nap before you get there, or wait till you get home and fall asleep in front of the TV.”
A New Director Has El Museo Del Barrio Wondering If It Can Build A Bridge Between The Art World And Its Activist Founders
There are budget problems, and the museum is about to close for seven months for renovations. How will El Museo stay connected and current? New executive director Patrick Charpenel “said he would organize panel discussions and publish books to ‘open a bridge of knowledge’ about the cultural contributions of Latinos and to explore subjects like immigration, exclusion and diversity.”
Why Did The New York Times Omit These Books From Its Best 100 List?
Always a mystery. Sure, sure, some of the books were only (we are being sarcastic here) reviewed by daily book critics, not in the New York Times Book Review, but seriously, NYT, WYD?
What Virtual Reality Might Do To Our Nervous Systems
Vision has a general advantage, in humans, over touch, so the virtual reality environment should be OK. And yet! “Touch is the fact-checking sense. … Touching is more psychologically reassuring than seeing. Touch does not always make us experience things better, but it certainly makes us feel better about what we experience. Even when we can see that the keys are in our bags, we are much more certain that they are once we’ve touched them.”
Christmas Music Is Not Neutral For Our Mental Health
It all depends on how you experienced the holiday as a child, apparently. (Also, it depends on whether you’re trapped working in a retail environment where Christmas music plays endlessly, and on repeat.)
At The Kennedy Center Honors, No Stand-In For An Absent President
The absence of the president in the president’s box “is notable for several reasons. The gala is a fundraising event for the national arts center, and having a sitting president in attendance is a significant draw. In addition, the lasting image of the annually televised event features the first couple seated alongside the smiling honorees. This year’s celebration of the performing arts will air at 9 p.m on Dec. 26 on CBS.”
Actor Geoffrey Rush Steps Down From Presidency Of Australia’s Screen Academy After Allegations Of Inappropriate Behavior
Rush denied the allegations about harassment when he was starring as King Lear at the Sydney Theatre Company but said he stepped down to keep from tainting others in the industry.
The AIDS-Crisis Silence=Death Poster Is Iconic, But How Did It Come To Exist?
Avram Finkelstein: “For public discourse to pierce through the churning perpetual motion machine of the American commons, it needs to come in bursts. Manifestos don’t work. Sentences barely do. You need sound bites, catchphrases, crafted in plain language. The poster is exactly that, a sound bite, and vernacular to the core. The poster perfectly suits the American ear.”